Allowable Deductions While Computing Business Or Professional Income



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When calculating your business or professional income, certain expenses can be deducted under Sections 30 to 37 of the Income-tax Act. These deductions are generally allowed if they were incurred for commercial expediency, meaning they were made by a prudent person for the benefit of the business, or if they are incidental to carrying on the business. Importantly, only expenses incurred within the relevant accounting year and for the specific business are deductible, and capital expenditures are not allowed. The onus is on the assessee to prove that an expenditure is permissible.

General Principles for deductions under PGBP Sections 30 to 37 of Income-tax Act provide for the deductions to be allowed while computing profit under the head Business or Profession. There are various types of expenses varying from business to business and according to the nature of the unit. Under these sections, an effort was made to enlist every type of expense. But this list is not the final list; any other expenditure if at all incurred for earning a particular income, the same shall be
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